I hadn’t exactly planned on posting an actual post today, despite my saying I was going to in an earlier post. The fact of the matter, though, is that I’m writing this in order to keep myself awake. I’m currently babysitting several database imports for work, and I don’t dare go to sleep in case something goes horribly wrong. I wouldn’t care too much, normally, except that these are mission-critical databases for work and it’s absolutely imperative that these go right. The problem I’m worried about at this point is that I’m afraid four of these six databases won’t be finished by the time the work day starts tomorrow. I suppose I’ll cross that particular bridge when the time comes.
I suppose this wouldn’t be such a big deal if it wasn’t for the fact that I’ve been working all weekend. This database maintenance window was just one of two major projects I’d been working on. The other was the upgrade of software on all of our engineering workstations. We had planned on getting them all done Friday, but that estimate turned out to be rather optimistic. As it stood, I ended up working 14 hours on Friday and six and a half on Saturday to get the upgrades done. If it wasn’t for the fact that there’s at least one engineering workstation that needs to be done at our Cypress branch tomorrow, I’d ask if I could come in late.
About the only good thing that’s really happened this weekend (other than talking to Misty) was Merrie’s and Jonathan’s pre-Thanksgiving party. I actually ended up going straight there from work (with a quick stop at home to change shirts) yesterday, and spent most of the evening there. The highlight of the evening was when the Playstation 2 was brought out, and Merrie, Lara, and I sang a bunch of karaoke. :-) After a while, after most everyone had left, Merrie, Lara, and I sat around (and Lisa too, before she left) reminiscing about old days of high school, and what became of people since then. Another reason we sat around was because there was a massive storm overhead and driving out in it was not a fun idea…
Ah, well. If worst comes to worst I can always catnap a little or doze. As it stands, I have a well-deserved four day weekend coming up. I know George has asked if I wanted to do something with him and Chris Thursday, but I may very well beg off as by that point I’ll be so burned out from work that I’ll want nothing more than to spend a quiet day at home recovering. We’ll see what happens. Until then, though, I might just make a cup of coffee and see if that wakes me up a little…